Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion

Located at 880 OSBORNE RD NE, in FRIDLEY, Minnesota, Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion is a big elementary school that works with 558 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 62% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 12 schools and 6,113 students, Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 35% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 6% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 37.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Anoka County indicate median household income runs about $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion is one campus in the mix.

SLP Schools Online Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 34% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.